2002/09/26 by Douglas E. Cowan · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Religion and Society Interactions #Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices #Religious Tourism and Spaces
paper · doi:10.1080/1353790022000008271
openalex publication_date 2002/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Most of the scholarly work on the anti-cult movement (ACM), to the extent that it has considered the Christian counter-cult movement (CCM) at all, has subsumed it as a subtle variant of a larger phenomenon. This is problematic in that at many levels, the CCM differs substantially from the ACM. This paper examines some of the conceptual differences in order to elucidate the nature of the tension between established religions in the dominant culture (in this case, Christianity) and controversial religious groups that are perceived as intruders on the religious market place.